BackForward Satellite Programme: Tanager 

Programme details
Programme description
  • Tanager is named after a colorful and visually diverse family of birds in the Americas
  • Planet in collaboration with NASA is launching 2 hyperspectral satellites which includes a carbon mapper instrument to provide carbon dioxide and methane datasets.
  • The satellites are in sun-synchronous orbits
  • More details here.
Data circulation
  • Data available from Planet
Agencies Planet
Programme lifetime 2024 - 2029
Associated satellites and instruments

Note: red tag => no longer operational , green tag => operational , blue tag => planned